Installation, 1993
Oderberger St. 1, 2 and 3, Berlin

Curtains, wire, light

Photographs: Carola Scheil

Was it carelessness not to close the window, or maybe a sudden change in the weather that delayed someone's return home?
This piece of material flapping out of the window has something touching about it. It makes the apartment seem defenceless. It describes its vulnerability even more than the open window itself. It could rain into the flat, it could attract the attention of pigeons – has it been abandoned?

Thoughts

On closer inspection, another curtain can be seen, – then three of them, all flapping similarly; we become attentive and realise they are not moving, their movement is frozen.
A questioning, annoyed glance – what is going on here?

Broadly visible curtains at eleven windows, spread over three houses. Captured, frozen in their movement, maybe for as long as one thousand fantasy years.

A 3-D photograph, a snapshot, a picture puzzle, or is it deception, a false perception?

When will the curtains be brought in, when will the fixation be released?

Roland Albrecht